Rep. Jason Lewis Rails Against Black ‘Entitlement Mentality,’ the Welfare ‘Plantation’ in Unearthed Tapes
Newly uncovered audio files reveal Rep. Jason Lewis‘ (R-MN) not-so-distant past where he had a penchant for making demeaning remarks about the people on welfare, women, the Black community and parasite dependent Democrats.
Between 2009 and 2014, Lewis was the host of a self-titled conservative radio show in which he dubbed himself, “America’s Mr. Right.”
In it, he made deeply misogynistic remarks including lamenting he could no longer call women “sluts.”
Lewis also said this in December 2012 according to files uncovered by CNN’s KFile last week: “There’s a cultural problem in the African-American community that is leading to this. The entitlement mentality…You’re a victim. It’s OK to hate women, beat up women. It’s OK to hate gays. All this, we’re just sort of feeding this to people who are very lost because of the breakdown of society to begin with.”
Now, it seems Lewis’ remarks were not isolated incidents because on Friday KFile uncovered more of Lewis’ nasty remarks with the help MinnPost columnist and former deputy chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota Michael Brodkorb, who provided the files to CNN.
In one, he goes off on welfare and claims public assistance has created a new plantation:
“It is hard to overestimate the damage — go back to Martin Luther King and the struggle for black equality — where blacks, in our sorry history, I mean, this really is a blemish on the American dream or the American experience — blacks fought so hard, indeed, and alongside a number of whites, thankfully, who fought so hard so blacks could take care of themselves and not be told what to do,” Lewis said in April 2012. “Now, you’ve got the modern welfare state that tells black folks and Hispanic folks and poor white folks: ‘Don’t worry. We’ll take care of you.’ What is the difference? You’ve substituted one plantation for another.”
He also said Democrats were supported by “parasites” in government:
“I’m trying to explain to you how President Barack Obama could be in the lead in some of these polls. When the economy is flat on its back. When you and I see the welfare state in all of its wonderful manifestations and yet he’s still leading in Ohio, he’s still leading in Florida. How is this possible? It is possible because the Democratic dream come true is this: The parasites outnumber the producers. Then, when the parasites outnumber the producers, the party of parasites will give the majority of votes.”
Lewis’ spokeswoman Becky Alery replied to CNN’s report by suggesting that they would be better served by focusing on the Congressman’s current record.
“CNN is free to focus on past rhetoric instead of Congressman Lewis’ record in Congress, and they will no doubt continue to ignore the substance of the arguments, but it does little to add to the debate,” Alery said, in no way denying the words were actually the now sitting Congressman’s.
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